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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CIRCUIT THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 51, Issue 8, Pages 3557-3567Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cta.3617
Keywords
Doherty power amplifier; dual-input; high efficiency
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This paper introduces the use of a dual-input technique to improve the conversion efficiency of a broadband Doherty power amplifier (DPA). By dynamically controlling the input power levels and phase difference between the carrier and peaking power amplifiers (PAs), the efficiency between the two peaks in the DPA is enhanced. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the fabricated dual-input DPA (DI-DPA) operating over the 1.1-2.2 GHz frequency range.
There is a large efficiency degradation between the two efficiency peaks in a broadband Doherty power amplifier (DPA) when the working frequency deviates from the center point. In this paper, dual-input technique is adopted to improve the conversion efficiency over the dynamic power range in broadband DPAs. The efficiency between the two efficiency peaks in the DPA is enhanced through dynamically control the input power levels of the carrier and peaking power amplifiers (PAs) as well as the phase difference between the two sub-amplifiers. As a proof of concept, a broadband dual-input DPA (DI-DPA) operating over 1.1-2.2 GHz is fabricated and measured in this paper. Experimental results show the fabricated DI-DPA delivers a saturation output power of 43.5-44.7 dBm with a gain of 9.6-11.5 dB and a drain efficiency of 50.5%-58.6% in the interested frequency band. Meanwhile, a 6 dB back-off drain efficiency of 40.4%-65.8% is also obtained by the DI-DPA over 1.1-2.2 GHz.
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